Incorporate eXtreme programming techniques in SQL Server development

Takeaway: Arthur Fuller does not understand why the eXtreme programming (XP) method has not penetrated the database layer of development. Find out why he urges SQL Server developers to try the XP approach. The central premise underlying eXtreme Programming (XP) is that two minds are better than one. Two programmers sit side-by-side, one coding and the other critiquing, block-by-block and line-by-line. The person at the keyboard is, for obvious reasons, the driver; the adjacent person is the navigator. Neither is the boss—they are equals, with complementary roles. The shocking thing about XP is that the technique actually works.

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